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Chapter 396 Returning to Beijing
The Northern Hunt is over.

It's time to go home.

As the mighty team returned to the capital, the happiest and most excited people were still the civil officials and military generals.

Some of them naturally boasted and showed off their achievements, rewards and so on in this hunting competition.

Some were feeling fortunate or regretful that nothing happened to the emperor or the regent in the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls.

Most of them didn't know that something had actually happened to the Empress and her entourage, but the news was blocked immediately, saying that the Empress and the Regent were very brave and went deep into the area to hunt for the rare beasts.

Only a very few insiders understood how dangerous this year's Northern Hunt was and how the Great Zhou was almost in turmoil due to being leaderless.

Of course, along the way, the verbal disputes between the [Regent Faction] and the [New Emperor Faction] were also a regular feature, but the content followed current affairs and became related to the Northern Expedition.

"In my opinion, that rare beast was definitely captured by Lord Bai."

"Nonsense! Did you see it? They all said that the giant ape was killed by a joint force. What are you bragging about?"

"It's a joint effort, but who knows..."

"How dare you! Since ancient times, the emperor has not competed with his subjects for merit. It is hard to say whether His Majesty is giving in to the Regent. Sir Hu, you are actually speculating and distorting the emperor's intentions?"

"You... stop spitting blood at me! That's not what I meant!"

"My emperor has the appearance of an immortal!"

"The Regent has never been inferior to anyone in his life!"

……

The two sides were still glaring at each other, and no one knew that at this moment, the two women they were trying so hard to protect were kneeling on either side of a man on the dragon chariot, their eyes were hazy and intoxicated, and their hair was swaying gently as they licked him...

……

After a stick of incense.

"Pooh!"

"Hey... you're suddenly disgusted with me when everything is fine... what does your Majesty mean?"

"What's going on? It's all because of you...you insisted... humph! Dirty thing!"

The empress blushed and was angry. The thief had forced her to do this, so she was angry and refused to swallow it as usual, and kept spitting it out.

The so-called dirty stuff flowed along the pink tip of the tongue and dripped into the white palm of the hand.

"..."

Qin Lang's heart itched again after seeing this scene.

Although it was indeed a spur-of-the-moment idea on his part, when he saw the two girls escape from the suppression of the Ten Thousand Souls Forest and recover from their injuries, after some tenderness, he accidentally let Xiao Lang control Da Lang.

However, Qin Lang could not be blamed for the empress's appearance before him, which was indeed very seductive.

On the other side, Bai Qingqing was actually a little confused as she watched the empress's skillful movements.

So...it turns out that this thing can be vomited...

Didn't you tell me earlier?
It’s not something particularly delicious, although… although when you’re in the mood, it does feel delicious because of psychological effects… but afterwards, it just feels so-so.

But Bai Qingqing had no experience and thought that once the food was in her mouth she had to eat it all, and that it was some necessary procedure.

In the end, I swallowed a lot of it, and then I realized from the empress's actions that there was no need for this.

But in order not to expose her "ignorant" behavior and thoughts, Bai Qingqing simply imitated Su Yupan, pursed her red lips, sipped out the little that was left in her mouth, and spit it into the palm of her hand.

"Ah~"

However, just as the two women were wiping it clean, a white fox that looked like a cat came out from Qin Lang's arms. It not only sighed in human language, but also smiled lazily at Bai Qingqing and Su Yupan:

"My two brothers and sisters, you are really generous. You are willing to waste such a gift from heaven~"

"Master sister...what do you mean?"

Tu Anan lay on Qin Lang's shoulder and continued:
"Qingqing doesn't know, Panpan, you have also practiced dual cultivation with Langlang. Think about it, he is practicing four Yaochi mental methods at the same time, so his whole body is full of treasures, not to mention the essence of blood and energy."

"Eh…?"

Bai Qingqing understood what was said, and the empress naturally understood it even better, but she was very surprised:
"But now I..."

"rest assured."

The eldest sister is still as good at reading people's minds as ever, and can guess what they are thinking just by looking at their micro-expressions:
"I've already said that our Langlang possesses four mental methods. Even if you are as skilled as me, you can still improve on these things."

Although the improvement is very limited, it is almost to the extent of "water accumulates to form a river, and sand accumulates to form a tower".

"But even so, this so-called 'dirty stuff' is almost the only 'magic medicine' left in the mortal world that can improve your level of skill. It's better than nothing. People with lower strength can't get this effect."

Tu Anan said and looked at Bai Qingqing again:

"Qingqing is very lucky. Your strength is just enough, so it will be useful for you to eat it. The effect will even be a little greater than Panpan's."

"really?"

Bai Qingqing was overjoyed when she heard that, and she ate the little bit that she had just spit into her hand back with a slurp.

Su Yupan's eyebrows jumped and her pretty face turned red. How shameless!
Anyway, she would have plenty of opportunities in the future, so she would not be greedy for this, so she would not learn from Bai Qingqing and sneered:
"My eldest sister said that this kind of improvement is very limited. Lord Bai is so greedy... greedy, huh! Is he still overestimating his own abilities and trying to go against me?"

Bai Qingqing blinked and said simply:

"Correct."

"Wow?" The empress narrowed her beautiful eyes.

"Hmph~" The Regent raised his chin.

"???"

Qin Lang, who felt a little confused, quickly stood between the two of them to smooth things over:

"No, Qingqing, baby, aren't we all family now? Why are you guys..."

The Empress and the Regent said in unison:

"Who is she?"

"..."

Well, conflicts between women are indeed not so easy to resolve.

But it doesn’t matter. Although the two women are still fighting verbally, Qin Lang can still feel their attitudes towards each other. Compared to before the Ten Thousand Souls Forest, there is definitely a huge change.

If there was a quarrel before.

Now it feels like we're having a quarrel.

But to be honest, no matter what happened, after Qin Lang learned from Bai Qingqing the truth about her opposition to Su Yupan concerning the late emperor, he at least didn't have to worry that the Regent's hostility towards the Empress would affect her personal safety.

However, this situation seemed a little subtle in Qin Lang's eyes.

It is known that the reason why the Regent coveted the Empress's throne was to repay the late Emperor's kindness. She herself was not really interested in competing for power with the Empress.

As her beloved concubine and the empress's lover, should Qin Lang tell the empress this news?

At that time, Bai Qingqing told Qin Lang the secret of the late emperor because she felt that she could no longer leave the Forest of Ten Thousand Souls and these were her "last words".

As a result, now that they had escaped, Bai Qingqing had not taken the initiative to bring up the matter, leaving Qin Lang a little at a loss.

From a personal point of view, since they are my women anyway, why not just pretend that I know nothing and continue to wait and see?

After all, Qin Lang doesn’t dislike watching women fight and pull hair...

But isn’t this a bit of a joke?

……

The key point is that no one knows why the late emperor, after passing the throne to Su Yupan, secretly let Bai Qingqing "rebel in accordance with the emperor's order" to seize the throne.

If you think about it carefully, even some of the old ministers in the current [Regent Faction] followed the late emperor, which was undoubtedly the help that the late emperor deliberately left behind.

But what is the purpose...

There are also many mysteries in the last words of the other person who sought immortality...

……

Ugh!
This riddle man is Lao Deng!

Why can't you just die peacefully? Why do you have to drag my woman down with you? How unlucky!
Qin Lang was annoyed by overthinking, and decided to wait until he returned to Beijing before discussing future matters with Bai Qingqing in person.

As for the present, Qin Lang actually has something even more depressing.

"..."

He raised his hand and touched his waist with some melancholy.

There was a letter in his pocket at that moment.

A reply letter.

It was a reply to the letter that Qin Lang asked the empress to send to the Northern Border Palace when he set out on the Northern Hunt.

After capturing the Beili man named "Arda" at the garrison, the empress secretly exchanged some letters with the Northern Palace. Originally, they all talked about confidential information such as Beili, but there was also a special letter among them.

There was a red ribbon tied on the envelope, and Qin Lang knew who wrote it at once.

But when he opened it, he found that it was filled with someone's down-to-earth descriptions of her daily life in the Northern Palace. Qin Lang smiled, but he could also feel the girl's hidden emotions between the lines, which were not very direct and were embarrassed to express.

Especially at the end, the plain sentence [Qin Lang, I miss you a little], made Qin Lang suddenly recall the days when he practiced boxing with the masked girl in the Princess's Mansion.

"Ugh…"

According to the original plan, after the Northern Hunt was over, Qin Lang could go to the Northern Border Palace to find a certain Miss Zhu whom he had been thinking about.

However, due to the various accidents during this Northern Hunt, we dare not contact them easily.

Therefore, Qin Lang can only touch this reply letter and occasionally think of the person when he sees it.

(End of this chapter)